One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
BELL HOOKSLove is an action, never simply a feeling.
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I think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
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Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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Feminism is for everybody.
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Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
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The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they’re beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
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It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.
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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
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